Dos Passos: Novels 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917, Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer (The Library of America)
by Dos Passos, John
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- 1931082391
- ISBN 13
- 9781931082396
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Library of America, 2003. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Publisher: Library of America, First Thus, 2003. Hardcover Retired LIbrary Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Notes by Townsend Ludington. Clean, unmarked, except for minimal library marks, tight and solid volume. Red ribbon page marker. Internals as new. Written n the decade before the publication of Dos Passos' famous "USA" trilogy. These three earlier novels record the emergence of the author a bold and accomplished chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century---World War and a volunteer ambulance driver in France who learns of the fear, uncertainty and camaraderie of war; ; the impact of the war on fractured civilization as depicted by the experiences of three soldiers in the final battles of the war and then confronting a world in which peace offers little respite from the dehumanizing servility and regimentation of war; New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century, where a dozen characters try to make sense of the chaos of modern urban existence. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 880 pages. Chronology, Notes on the Text, Notes. 2003, Library of America.
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- Title
- Dos Passos: Novels 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917, Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer (The Library of America)
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1931082391
- ISBN 13
- 9781931082396
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, EARLY 20th CENTURY; WORLD WAR I; NEW YORK CITY, EARLY 20th CENTURY;
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